What is interesting about the number 26?
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Perfect cubes under 2 7 are just 8 and 1 , the 4 th answer claims 2 7 the lowest number 1 less than a cube and 1 more than a square. Simply showing 6 = 2 ∗ 3 is not a perfect square is enough to show this as the right answer
EDIT:
The other solutions are incorrect because:
All numbers of the form n = p q or n = p 3 for primes p and \q) have 4 factors, taking p = 3 and q = 5 yields n = 1 5 has 4 factors and also has two digits meaning 2 6 is not the only two-digit number with 4 factors
Taking the two smallest square numbers and adding them together will give the smallest sum of two positive perfect squares. 1 2 + 2 2 = 5 so 2 6 is not the smallest number with these qualifications
Reversing the digits of 2 6 is 6 2 , as three times its digits sum will be the same for these numbers and 6 2 > 2 6 we see 6 2 will also be greater than three times its digits sum. Because 6 2 > 2 6 , 2 6 is not the largest number to meet this qualification